When I finished high school in 1971 a young man could get a job, get married, have children, and with some hard work and showing up to the job on time every day have a nice life. I have friends that did just that.
It’s not likely anymore, as most of us probably know. And this song which is going viral as they say makes the point pretty damn well.
Hat tip – Sundance at the Treehouse
And a nice update –
1) now the #1 song on US iTunes charts
2) In just four days, the video of Anthony singing Rich Men North of Virginia has amassed more than 20 million views on Twitter, and millions more across other social media platforms.
Oliver played in NC today
Update 2:
Oliver has 9 spots in the iTunes top 20, including #1, and 4 of the top 5
Resonates. There are more of us than there are of them
That was brilliant
Courtesy of Sundance, here are the words:
I’ve been selling my soul, working all day, overtime hours for bullshit pay,
so, I can sit out here and waste my life away, drag back home, and drown my troubles away.It’s a damn shame what the world’s gotten to for people like me — for people like you.Wish I could just wake up and it not be true. But it is. Oh, it is.Living in the New World – with an old soul.These rich men north of Richmond. Lord knows it all. Just want to have total control.
Want to know what you think, want to know what you do.And they don’t think you know. But I know that you do.Because your dollar ain’t shit, and it’s taxed to no end because the rich men north of Richmond.I wish politicians would look out for miners and not just minors on an island somewhere.Lord, we got folks in the street, ain’t got nothing to eat, and the obese milking welfare.God, if you’re five foot three, and you’re 300 pounds, taxes ought not to pay for your bags of fudge rounds.Young men are putting themselves 6 feet in the ground because all this damn country does is keep on kicking them down.Lord, it’s a damn shame – what the world’s gotten to for people like me, people like you.Wish I could just wake up and it not be true. But it is. Oh, it is.Living in the New World – with an old soul.These rich men north of Richmond. Lord knows they all. Just want to have total control.Want to know what you think, want to know what you do. And they don’t think you know. But I know that you do.Because your dollar ain’t shit, and it’s taxed to no end because the rich men north of Richmond.I’ve been selling my soul, working all day, overtime hours for bullshit pay…
Some more music for Mike:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqs8bRMhBgA
That’s wild, and I like it.
DAYUMMM! And here I thought that new/old electronic keyboard Jeremy gave me was high-tech. 😉